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Iraq’s Toughest Challenge: Controlling the Iranian-backed Militias

Mehmet Alaca

On 14 August, an Iraqi civil activist, Tahseen Oussama, was shot dead and four days later another prominent activist Reham Yacoub was shot...

Al-Kadhimi Government in Iraq and Its Dynamics

Bilgay Duman

The government that was established by the long endeavors of Adil Abdulmahdi after the holding of general elections in Iraq in May 2018 came to an...

The Vote of Confidence Test of Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Feyzullah Tuna Aygün

As a result of street demonstrations that started on the 1st of October 2019 in the northern provinces of Iraq, including primarily the capital...

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US Military Presence in Iraq: Historical Background, Transformations and Repercussions

Watheq Al-Sadoon | 11.05.2020
The military presence of the US (United States) in Iraq has experienced various transformations by passing through many phases parallel to the...

The Role of United States of America in The Emergence and Strengthening of The Islamic State of Iraq and Al Sham

Selim Kurt | 30.12.2019
The contemporary terrorist organizations mostly motivated by religious understanding and one of the best representatives of this new terror...
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Protests in Iraq and the Economic Grounds Behind Them

Recep Yorulmaz | 25.10.2019
A new wave of demonstrations has erupted in Iraq. Although the speed of the demonstrations that started on October 1, 2019, stopped within about a...
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Election of Nechirvan Barzani as the President of KRG and its Implications

Mehmet Alaca | 11.06.2019
Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and Vice President of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Nechirvan Barzani took the...
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2018 Parliamentary Elections and The Future of the KRG

Bilgay Duman | 16.01.2019
Following long-lasting debates and a oneyear delay in the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), regional parliamentary elections were held on...
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Iran-Iraq Transboundary Water Relations and Turkey

Seyfi Kılıç | 20.12.2018
Iraq’s inability to break the vicious circle of war, embargo, occupation and civil war that the country has been experiencing since 1980 is the...
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The Role of Tribes in the Political Process of KRG

Shokan Sherzad Qader | 26.09.2018
Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is a political entity in the Federal Republic of Iraq that’s why in order to understand the...
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What is Going on in Iraq’s Rich, Armed and Waterless Province Basra?

Lina Musawi | 06.09.2018
On July 8, 2018, protests broke out in Basra, Iraq’s richest province. In Basra, where about 80 percent of Iraq’s total oil production is...

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